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AMERICAN AGRTCURTURIST, 
[August, 
folks I bought do not thrive as well as the Natives 
is undoubtedly owing to their not having good 
feed while young. The Natives will stand neglect 
and stai-vation better than a well bred pig. But 
feed them well from the start, and the latter will 
thrive the best. The reason why so many people 
get disgusted with thorough-bred stock is, that 
they do not feed high. The remark that “ the 
breed goes in at themoiith” is partly true. No 
amount of breeding will enable an animal to make 
llesh out of air, or fat out of water. All that good 
breeding can really do is to lessen the amount of 
offal, and enable the animal to extract the largest 
amount of meat and fat from the food consumed. 
Monuments to Deceased Soldiers. 
Such monuments serve a double purpose. They 
indicate the gratitude of the people to those who 
served their country in its hour of trial, and are 
gratifying to the surviving soldiers as well as to 
the friends of the deceased. They cultivate in the 
young a spirit of patriotism and love of country. 
Any enterprise enlisting the united efforts of all 
classes is useful in fostering a public spirit. 
Prominent natural or artificial objects make any 
place more attractive.—Beautiful churches and 
school-houses, and other public buildings, well ar¬ 
ranged lawns or squares and cemeteries, and even a 
line “liberty pole,” all add to the attractiveness of 
a village or town, and increase the saleable value of 
property. Every dollar raised to improve streets, 
and to build neat public structures of any kind, is 
at an early day returned ten-fold in the increased 
aggregate value of real estate. Structures like the 
one here described, become fixed in the memory of 
children, and however far they wander, they will 
often turn back in thought and heart to these ob¬ 
jects in the home of their childhood. If our sons, 
who will people the far West, leave behind them 
such revered monuments, or other like things, they 
will be far less disposed to secede from the land of 
their nativity. So, from every consideration, wc 
think the building of monuments, or other com¬ 
memorative structures, is to be encouraged, and to 
this end we present this subject and illustration here. 
The Flushing Soldiers’ Monument is of Quincy 
(Mass.) Granite. The base stone is 9 feet square, 
standing on a solid stone and cement foundation 
1034 feet deep. The foundation is raised 3)4 feet 
above the ground, with a grass covered mound 
around it. The top of the shaft is 37 feet above 
he general ground surface. The form and struc- 
are shown by the engraving. The general in¬ 
is on the east side of the base, and on the 
other three sides are to be engraved the names of 
about eighty deceased soldiers. It is suggested 
to cut the portrait of 
President Lincoln, as the 
Nation’s martyr of the 
war, on the side opposite 
to the star. The cost 
complete,including.fenc- 
ing, etc., is about §4,500. 
The enterprise was 
originated last year, and 
a general committee ap¬ 
pointed. A Special sub¬ 
scription of over $2000, 
in sums of $5 to $300, 
was subsequently raised, 
which has since been 
increased by lectures, 
concerts, etc., including 
over $000 from a Straw¬ 
berry Festival. The bal¬ 
ance is being collected 
in Dollar Subscriptions, 
each subscriber receiv¬ 
ing a beautiful tinted 
engraving of the monu¬ 
ment, having on it a cer¬ 
tificate of membership. 
The Committee are: 
Messrs. J. B. Brewster, 
Orange Judd, Fred. A. 
Potts, Lcndal F. Pratt, 
L.Bradford Prince, Chas. 
A. Hoc, Maj. Jacob lloc- 
mer, lion. Morris Frank¬ 
lin, Chainiiaii., Jiiseph 
T. Moore, Trcaaicrcr, and 
Benj. W. Downing, Secre¬ 
tary,vfho w'iil I'urn ish any 
desired particulars. Any 
one sending $1 to the 
Treasurer at Flushing 
will receive a cerlilicatc 
of membership, includ¬ 
ing also a t luted engrav- 
F Jv U S in »N G , Q X; E E S C 0 ., (I-’* I.i) N. Y. Jug suitable for framb - 
The Doctor has been lecturing me for not sowing 
some corn to'cut in August and September for the 
COW'S. He thinks there is nothing equal to it for 
keeping up the flow of milk, at a season when the 
jiasturcs are apt to fail, and I wrote to a gentleman 
in Connecticut who has had much experience in 
raising different crops for soiling cows. The ob¬ 
ject was to ascertain whether I could sow rye in 
the fall, .and cut it in the spring early enough to 
enable me to plow up the laud and plant corn—and 
thus kill the red root. lie writes: —“ I cannot an¬ 
swer all your enquiries about rye as a soiling crop. 
In my own experience I found it poor feed—not 
' enough on the ground—and that it paid better to 
let it grow for grain.” Of course, this would not 
answer the object. If allowed to go to seed, it 
would be no belter for killing red root than win 
terw'heat, which witii usp.ays better. He continues : 
—“I /iea?'of its being used, but 1 nevera 
man who used it and liked it. Still I do not doubt 
that something miglit be done with it. Almost ai- 
w.a 3 ’s, both rye and barley, are left too long and be¬ 
come hard—all straw and head—and cattle w'ill not 
eat it. Barley is much better than rye, but as soon 
as it heads and has a beard (and this takes place 
almost immediately after the stalks attain any size) 
it is bad—the barbed beards stick in the cows’ 
throats. Clover comes so 
early, or orchard grass, 
or the •mixture, that it 
does much better every 
way. The cow's eat it bet¬ 
ter th.an anyUiiny else; 
it yields heavily; con¬ 
tinues in season well (by- 
having some more ma¬ 
nured than other i)ieees) 
and it makes milk.” (I 
have no doubt that clo¬ 
ver is one of the best 
soiling crops that can be 
grow'ii. By top dressing 
it in the fall it will pro¬ 
duce a heavy crop .and 
much earlier than if not 
manured.) “If I should 
sow rye,” he continues, 
“ I would BOW it very 
thick, say live bushels 
jier acre.” (I supiiose 
with heavy manuring 
and thick seeding we 
should get a larger and 
earlier growl h, and finer 
in quality. He sows as 
much as six bushels per 
ae.rc of oats and barley, 
for coiling. Barley he 
thinks one of the best 
late crops for soiling, as 
Irost Inirls it l)iit little.) 
“After clover,” he says, 
“I use oats and peas, 
sown in drills—l>y bush¬ 
els of peas and 1 bushel 
oats. If they come up 
poorly, you may need 
more jioas. On rich land 
they do very well in¬ 
deed, and are relished al- 
utost aa well ns clover,’* G 1/ l> X E It >1 0 N U M I'! N T 
